Coming Close to the the GP Finals

With 2 more events to go, I can see some skaters who will make the finals and others are iffy.

Ladies - No doubt about Kostner, Murakami and Flatt.
With 2 more events: Czisny and Ando looking good. Makarova and Suzuki hanging in there, and maybe Leonova. The very iffis: Phaneuf, Korpi, Nagasu. Wagner needs a prayer and a Win.

Ice Dance - Definites: Davis/White; Crone/Poirier. Good possibilities: Pechalat/Borzat, Bobrova/Soloviev, Faiella/Scali, Chock/Zurlein. And there are a few others which need a prayer and a win.

Getting to the Finals is tough - a lot of it based on entrants, but here it is right now coming down the wire. For the competition, I am hoping for scores that are comensurate for what shows on the ice, and not for Reputation.

what about Chan?

Originally Posted by Joesitz

With 2 more events to go, I can see some skaters who will make the finals and others are iffy.

Ladies - No doubt about Kostner, Murakami and Flatt.
With 2 more events: Czisny and Ando looking good. Makarova and Suzuki hanging in there, and maybe Leonova. The very iffis: Phaneuf, Korpi, Nagasu. Wagner needs a prayer and a Win.

Ice Dance - Definites: Davis/White; Crone/Poirier. Good possibilities: Pechalat/Borzat, Bobrova/Soloviev, Faiella/Scali, Chock/Zurlein. And there are a few others which need a prayer and a win.

Getting to the Finals is tough - a lot of it based on entrants, but here it is right now coming down the wire. For the competition, I am hoping for scores that are comensurate for what shows on the ice, and not for Reputation.

I'd say Leonova is more iffy than Nagasu at this point. The field at TEB isn't that deep (or maybe unpredictable is more the right word?) and Mirai has a good shot at winning there. OTOH, the field at COR is pretty deep, and more reliable, and I can't see Leonova finishing higher than 3rd barring the unexpected. Even if she manages to get bronze there, which seems unlikely considering she has Ando, Suzuki, Makarova, and Wagner as competition, that likely won't be enough.

As for Alissa, she probably needs to place 4th at TEB. This is tricky because the field is unpredictable, if she skates well she could win but if she doesn't she could easily be like 6th, behind Asada, Nagasu, Phanuef, Korpi, and Imai. So let's just hope her evil twin doesn't show up.